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By Our Reporter Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has become the most powerful prime minister of Nepal after the democratic revolution of 1951 and the second PM to enjoy a two-thirds majority in the parliament after B. P. Koirala in 1960. PM Oli managed to receive three-fourths votes in the …

By Our Reporter The Global Firepower (GFP) Military Strength-2017 report has put the Nepal Army (NA) in the 97th position among 133 countries included in its study. According to its official website, the NA was placed at 97th position, scoring 1.98 points this year. In 2016, Nepal was also ranked …

By Our Reporter Although the TIA authorities are trying to blame the pilots of the ill-fated US Bangla Air Plane for human error causing accident, pilots flying to Kathmandu are always in stress due to the air-traffic jam and they are compelled to hold the aircraft in the nearby Kathmandu …

By Our Reporter At least 45 passengers and all four crew members were killed when an aircraft of the US Bangla Air with call sign BS-211 crashed while landing at the Tribhuvan International Airport on Monday afternoon. The plane had left Dhaka, Bangladesh, for Kathmandu carrying 71 passengers, including four …

By Our Reporter When Nepal and entire world was marking International Women’s Day on last Thursday, Radha Chaudhary of Ghodaghodi Municipality in Kailali district was being brutally beaten up, accusing her of practicing witchcraft. She was thrashed mercilessly by a witchdoctor in the presence of media people and local representatives. …

By Our Reporter The World Bank has warned the government that the families which were graduated from poverty and entered the middle class might fall back into poverty in case of income shocks. “Although many households have exited poverty in Nepal, welfare gains have not been large enough to move …

Kathmandu, 11 March: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has said that he will not do anything harmful to the country and the people, according to the news portal, Setopati.com. “The main priority of the government is protecting geographical integrity and nationalism.” PM Oli said. During the meeting with leaders of …

By Our Reporter The Left alliance government has unanimously named President Bidhya Bhandari as the candidate to the post of the President for the next term as well. The UML Standing Committee meeting held on 6 March evening had proposed Bhandari as the Presidential candidate. The Maoist Center has already …

By Our Reporter The two-day official visit of Pakistani Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi to Nepal has signaled the importance of Nepal in South Asian politics. Pakistani Prime Minister Abbasi arrived in Kathmandu on Monday to congratulate Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli on being elected the Prime Minister of …

By Our Reporter The members of the Federal Parliament took the oath of office on Sunday. During the swearing-in ceremony, the parliament looked like a rainbow as the lawmakers of different political parties appeared in their traditional attire reflecting their ethnicity. Only the lawmakers from the UML and the NC …